The year in review
The best writing and and the biggest stories of 2019 from the Business Post
Newsround: What Thursday’s papers say
Denis O’Brien is back in court, residents continue to fight the Council on halting site and a row surfaces in government over rent control proposals
More cycle routes, expansion of Luas to Bray and new bus network proposed
Greater Dublin Area draft Transport Strategy published
Denis O’Brien mounts legal action against PR company
The businessman claims there is a conspiracy against him and wants to search company’s offices
Funding constraints inhibit office development in Dublin
Vacancy rate is below 10 per cent for first time since 2000
ECB meets in Malta as more quantitative easing seen as a matter of time
ECB President Mario Draghi convenes his 25-member governing council in Malta this week to set monetary policy as global market volatility slows trade
Oprah Winfrey buys stake in Weight Watchers
Media magnate joins the board of the weight loss company and will develop future products
China’s GDP growth beats forecasts but at weakest level since 2009
China’s economy expanded quicker than economists forecast in the third quarter as the services sector propped up the world’s second-largest economy
Ireland’s public finances improving at very fast pace, Moody’s says
Ireland’s public finances are improving at a very fast pace which is credit positive, ratings agency Moody’s has said
First Derivatives says first-half performance ahead of last year
Newry-based financial software company First Derivatives said that trading in the first half of its financial year was strong with both earnings and revenue significantly ahead of the previous year
How much is too much?
As a €900,000 award is overturned, questions must be asked about how libel damages are decided upon
Web’s governing body holds town hall meeting today in Dublin
ICANN will shortly oversee internet’s move out of US state control
Regeneron to create 200 new jobs in Limerick over the next two years
US pharmaceutical firm Regeneron plans to expand its workforce in Limerick by a further 200 people over the next two years
Danone infant milk sales to China fuel double-digit growth
Revenue gain at 4.6 per cent exceeds analysts predictions
Health: A future without reform?
The health services are running just to stand still and the budget offered nothing to avert a situation which is likely only to get worse
Deutsche Bank restructures business, removes top executives
Deutsche Bank is undertaking the biggest management shakeup in more than a decade
What will ITV deal mean for UTV Ireland?
Will UTV Ireland’s home-grown programming survive a takeover by ITV? Bill Kinlay, chief executive of media buying agency Mindshare, thinks not
Business Diary: Monday, October 19
What’s happening in the business world this week.
Central Bank rolls out rounding up of small change in shops
Copper coins will be levelled up or down to nearest five cent